Premise: Idea development

After writing about my two experiences of being a twin and shyness, I started to develop them into one whole idea. I started to think about what the differences are between me and my brother, with me being the shy one and him being the more confident one. As I want this project to be more focused on environment and objects, rather than people and characters it was suggested to me that I start to think of similes or metaphors for the ideas that I am trying to explain.

I started by writing down things that were/are different between me and my brother and then thinking of metaphors to go with them:



It was then suggested to me that in the animation you could hear each statement that is being said (without the metaphor being said as well) and then on screen could be the metaphor, as this allows the audience to draw their own conclusions:



I have now also started to think about the positives surrounding shyness and thinking of metaphors that could describe these statements, as another element to add to my animation.

I want the ending to sum up that there are negatives and positives to shyness, and that maybe I found it more difficult as a child because I had a twin to compare to and lean on, but that now we've grown up, we're more independent, which has allowed me to grow.